Houston Dynamo's Dominic Kinnear named MLS All-Star coach

Mike Stobe/Getty ImagesHouston Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear will coach the MLS All-Star team against Everton in Utah July 1.

Houston Dynamo coach DOMINIC KINNEAR, whose team has the most points in the league, will coach the MLS against Everton in the All-Star Game July 29 in Sandy, Utah. The Dynamo tied a club record with an 11-game unbeaten streak (8-0-3) as they moved into first place in the Western Conference following Saturday's 1-1 tie with Real Salt Lake... Toronto FC has come to an agreement to terminate the contract of English midfielder ROHAN RICKETTS, who has played 12 games this year, three as a starter... FC Dallas captain PABLO RICCHETTI has scored two own goals in the past three games... Barcelona will complete its three-game tour of the United States this summer with a game against Chivas Guadalajara Aug. 8 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. In the opening game of the doubleheader the Crew will play the Earthquakes. Barcelona will also play the Galaxy Aug. 1 at the Rose Bowl and against the Sounders Aug. 5 in Seattle.

American goalie MARCUS HAHNEMANN, released by Reading, is back in the Premier League after signing a one-year contract with Wolverhampton. Hahnemann will compete with WAYNE HENNESSEY and CARL IKEME for the starting job... CARLOS TEVEZ rejected a five-year contract with Manchester United and is considering joining Chelsea or Manchester City... Defender GLEN JOHNSON has left Portsmouth and will play for Liverpool this season in a reported $28.6 million transfer... Arsenal signed Ajax captain THOMAS VERMAELEN to a long-term deal. The 23-year-old central defender has made 21 appearances for Belgium... Ireland defender STEPHEN KELLY, 25, has left Birmingham and signed a three-year contract with Fulham... Striker MATT DERBYSHIRE will stay at Olympiakos after the Greek champion agreed to a transfer deal with Blackburn... Blackburn also lost striker ROQUE SANTA CRUZ, who signed with Manchester City for a reported $30 million... Celtic appointed TONY MOWBRAY as coach on a rolling, 12-month contract after agreeing to a $3.3 million compensation package with West Bromwich Albion. Mowbray played for Celtic from 1991-95... Celtic midfielder SHUNSUKE NAKAMURA will reportedly leave the club and sign with Espanyol...

Italy captain FABIO CANNAVARO tied PAOLO MALDINI'S record of 126 caps for Italy... Benfica named longtime Portuguese league coach JORGE JESUS as its new coach and gave him a two-year contract. He replaces QUIQUE FLORES, who left by mutual consent last week. Jesus is Benfica's 12th coach in the past 10 years... Midfielder DUSAN SVENTO left Slavia Prague and signed a three-year contract with Salzburg... Whether Valencia sells striker DAVID VILLA remains to be seen, but the club's debt is now at $840 million. A few years ago, Valencia was on the list of the world's 20 richest clubs... Croatia midfielder DANIJEL PRANJIC has left Heerenveen to sign with Bayern Munich... Borussia Dortmund gave DIMITAR RANGELOV a four-year contract after the striker left Energie Cottbus, which was relegated... A Swiss-based group is close to buying a controlling stake in AS Roma. The reported price is $418 million... Saturday's World Cup qualifying match between Gabon and Cameroon was postponed due to the funeral of Gabon president OMAR BONGO. The game will be played Sept. 5 in Gabon, with the return match in Cameroon pushed back from Sept. 5 to Sept. 9... Former Brazil international JUNINHO, who played with Lyon last season, signed a two-year contract with Al Gharafa in Qatar... Sao Paulo fired coach MURICY RAMALHO after the club failed to reach the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores. He was replaced by former Monaco coach RICARDO GOMES. The semis, by the way, will begin Wednesday, with the second leg set for July 1.

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